Tornadoes light up Oklahoma and Midwest threats
Tornado brushes Moore and Oklahoma City suburbs prompting safe rooms for students and emergency warnings. Twisters spotted north of Wichita and along the Kansas Nebraska line. Will Rogers World Airport routed passengers to a tunnel and re screening occurred as storms moved through. Nebraska's Roseland reports 10 to 15 homes damaged with no injuries by early evening.
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Oklahoma City
Moore
Storm Prediction Center
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas- Nebraska
Will Rogers World Airport
Karen Carney
National Weather Service
Angela Pfannbuch
Roseland
Nebraska
Grand Island
Lone-wolf IS inspired Texas attack prompts security talk
New York AP reports a Texas failed attack on a cartoon contest underscores a do it yourself terror model tied to Islamic State. Officials warn thousands of potential extremists in the U.S. with few under active surveillance amid ongoing investigations into Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi.
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New York
Texas
United States
Michael McCaul
House
Homeland Security Committee
U.S
Islamic State Group
Garland
Muhammad
Elton Simpson
Phoenix
Nadir Soofi
White House
Josh Earnest
Baltimore Mayor shifts stance on federal civil rights probe
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake softened her opposition to federal oversight of the police after weeks of backlash over Freddie Gray’s death. She now supports a broad Justice Department civil rights investigation that could lead to outside monitoring to rebuild public trust amid riots.
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Baltimore
Department of Justice
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
National Guard
Justice Department
Freddie Gray
U.S
Loretta Lynch
Brown lawns test California drought rules in Garden Grove
California faces strict water cuts as authorities order communities to reduce usage by 8 to 36 percent amid a four year drought. In Garden Grove, residents await lawn restrictions as sprinklers go off and lawns brown under tightened targets. Felicia Marcus of the state water board notes lawns account for about half of residential use, guiding the conservation effort.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Orange County
California
Felicia Marcus
State Water Resources Control Board
Ohio bills seek broader concealed carry in churches and colleges
A set of measures in the Ohio House would expand concealed weapon rights by allowing guns in places such as churches, colleges, day cares, and some public venues without permits. Legislation includes penalties for bringing a weapon into restricted sites and moves to ban firearm registries while broadening carry rights for residents 21 and older under federal law.
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Columbus
Ohio
House State Government Committee
Ron Maag
Lebanon
Cleveland
State Standards Board
Germanwings co pilot practiced descents hours before crash
An interim BEA report shows Andreas Lubitz twice altered the A320’s descent settings on a Düsseldorf Barcelona flight two hours before the March 24 crash, including repeated lowering of altitude to 100 feet and engines idled. The findings support premeditation theories while the cockpit was briefly unmanned.
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Paris
BEA
Andreas Lubitz
Lubitz
Duesseldorf
Barcelona
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